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PA Gov. Gets in Argument With Local Weatherman Over Postponed Football Game
- Posted on December 27, 2010 at 2:15pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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When PA Gov. Ed Rendell found out that yesterday’s Eagles-Vikings game was postponed he got upset. When he appeared on a local Philadelphia TV station and was corrected by a weatherman about snow totals, he got even more upset. It all unfolds below, where he calls the postponement a “joke” and says “we’re becoming a nation of wussies”:
(H/T: Mediaite)
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Comments (48)
BobParker2003
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 5:34amThe man himself if s wuss becasuee of thee way he ran the Commonwealth. The next governor has to clean up his mess starting in a few days and he left a big mess. He is right through in this. Football used to be a game of “real” men and “real” fans no matter the weather, rain, snow, sleet or whatever. The state won’t loose a dime over moving the game so thsoe that say it is over $ are wrong. We need more “real” men and women to be willing to go see a game through all the worst and take the “Super Bowl” out of the warmest climates and put it where football is supposed to be, in the cold and wet and among the hardest sitting in the NFL!
Report Post »229Mick
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 2:52amAbsolute scumbag. VETOED castle doctrine (and Megan’s law). Thinks that people who don’t have 24 hour ARMED security should have to SURRENDER their homes to any criminal who forces his way in, rather than ‘stand their ground’.
Now thinks that 20,000 drunk Eagles fans heading out onto the roads in a blizzard is a good idea. Want to know the real issue? He’s a fan and wanted to watch the game. When he didn’t get what he wanted he got pissy about it. Same as it ever was.
Report Post »Hey Tom Corbet, if you need a ride to Harrisburg I’m available!!!
JohnnyJT
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 6:35pmFast Eddie at it again.
Report Post »crazyhorse
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 5:07pmSorry to say this idiot is my governor as well. He stated twice that there have been no incidents on the roadways. It’s likely because people with more than an ounce of common sense stayed home. Obviously this nut job would rather have 50,000 fans driving to the game and risk their lives to keep the ghost of Vince Lombardi happy. He cannot get out of Harrisburg fast enough!
Report Post »NapalmSticksToKids
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 4:47pmMy ears must be broken. I could’ve sworn I heard a Democrat say that “fans can make judgments about their own safety” twice in this clip.
Report Post »ItsMeAgain
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 4:14pmThat’s Fast Eddie! Someone get him a cheesesteak so he’ll shut the heck up! Let’s see, the official snowfall amount for South Philly: 12.4 inches
BTW, he’s out come January.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 7:02pmHe’s a dummycrat and therefore is deluded. Being a dummycrat, he also is a worshiper of Al Gore.
Gov. ED thinks the planet is getting warmer. He believes the Gore line to the Nth degree. Well, Ed can you read a ruler or did the progressive school system you attended overlook that minor detail? Did a poorly performing union teacher forget to teach the class about using the ruler?
Too bad Ed! The NFL made the right decision, not only for player safety but also for fan safety. Yes, football players do play in rough conditions, Green Bay, Chicago and New England are some examples. But for you to second guess the decision, from the warmth and security of the Governors mansion is the height of egalitarian behavior. Maybe, after Jan. 1, someone with some sense will occupy your seat.
Report Post »critterbait
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 4:00pmFor the Recored ,,,HE,s OUT
Report Post »JROCCOD
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 3:52pmHe is my Governor. He was my Mayor, and he was also a two term District Attorney in Philadelphia.
Report Post »He attends all the games and I always thought he was a pretty good guy. Knowing him personally as I do. We almost never agree politically, but on this issue, Fast Eddie is on the money. Football + Snow +FUN…..Anyone who has ever played the game knows that. And besides, the fans would have had a blast…
GottaLuvIt
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 3:50pmI live in suburban Philly so I‘m very familiar to Fast Eddy’s ridiculous governing. First as mayor and now as governor. He’s just a blowhard who LOVES the camera!! Can you imagine how the NFL will be once he becomes their commissioner??!!
Report Post »Sergio Q
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 3:43pmWeather men/women may not be worth a flip at predicting the weather but generally I gotta assume they can read a damn ruler ….just like a politician to try and gloss over a bad situation with we got this, we got that and we got BlahBlahBlah.. as he presents distortions on the facts ,A.K.A. “lie’s!”
Report Post »~does this clown have a personal financial interest in the game/team or just another loony sports fan?
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 3:34pmAgain, Scott Baker, or whoever is in charge of the Axe commercials, PLEASE stop running the lame “balls” commercial. You sound like junior high school students.
Report Post »Does Rendell attend the games or watch them on tv? If so, does he drive himself to them, or does he have a personal chauffeur?
JROCCOD
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 3:58pmEd has been attending the games for as long as I can remember. While a candidate for Mayor of Phila. He started the notorious snow ball fight at vet stadium in 1989. Hes a good, lovable regular guy. As Governor, he has a State Police Escort, BUT, as a private citizen, DA, and Mayor, he just liked to hang out in the stands, have a beer, and get a roast pork or steak sandwach at Tony Lukes afterwards. I am as right wing as they come, but you cant help but like this guy. I never thought I would say this, BUT, he is close, remember I said close, to Frank Rizzo league of regular guy politicians. No eliteisim here
Report Post »TheImirOfGroofunkistan
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 8:24pmplease stop supporting the axe commercials. It’s bad enough to have to listen to Ed Rendell, the commercials about clean balls are just inappropriate.
Report Post »Diamond Girl
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 3:29pmI don’t agree with Rendell on much of anything…but he hit the nail on the head with this one!
Wussies Deluxe indeed!
Btw…he may want to have a word with his own party for this huge problem.
Report Post »JROCCOD
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 4:02pmDIAMOND GIRL Right On…On that one and I like Eddie Rendell. The Dems are *******
Report Post »historypaper
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 3:16pmRendell understands becoming a nation of wussies while he follows Obama around trying to make the news. He has ruined a great commonwealth.
Report Post »parmajohn
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 3:12pmTake The Polatics out of your Arguments…..Something doesn“t seem Right here Today alot of Lame Stories ”Whatz Up with That??”
Report Post »Ronko
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 3:11pmI don‘t usuall agree with Rendell but he’s right the Eagles should have played last night. The argument about the Safety of the fans is a joke its just one weeks worth of revenue its not like its going to kill you I mean they make hundreds of millions plus over a years time. One game with low attendence isn’t going to hurt the Eagles Financially.
Report Post »parmajohn
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 3:20pmRemember all most all tickets are bought in advance…..Each team gets a Equal % Of TV Rights….Players are insured Like Race Horses For injuries Play in The weather Nobody shows up Who Loses The most ??
Report Post »Highland
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 4:10pmThis is the first time I’ve agreed with Rendell, I suspect. The game should have been played.
Report Post »JohnJoseph
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 3:09pmSorry Gov (actually not my Gov, I live in Virginia) – but I don’t believe no football game is worth the risk of getting somewhere injured or killed on the highway. There are some that do not know how to drive on snow and ice. The main problem the Gov overlooked – he forgot to add all those that will be drinking (and I do believe heavily to try to stay warm) that would endanger not those that go to the game but all those on the highway. I don’t side with the NFL on too many issues – but on this one I do agree.
Report Post »Takeoutthegarbagenov2
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 3:04pmThe idiot is arguing about the amount of snowfall while they’re showing videos that prove otherwise. Does Al Gore come to mind?
Report Post »Ray2447
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 3:02pmWussies? I’m not a wussie. I’m a victim! I’m a victim, do you hear me? I’m entitled! I deserve special care, special treatment and pampering, and I want more of it. More, more, more, more, do you hear me – MORE! Ahhh! Oh Gosh!
I just woke up from having that same nightmare again, where I thought I was a Democrat. I wish they‘d stop putting sound bites of Obama and those other Dem’s on FOX News. No good comes from listening to Democrats. On the one hand, they talk crazy. On the other hand, they talk crazy.
Report Post »completehorsesense
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 2:43pmAs it is written in ISAIAH, Chapter 3 Verse 4 KJV, And I will give (children) to be their princes and babes shall rule over them. Rendell is one of many among them.
completehorsesense.com
Report Post »MotherRedDog
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 2:41pmI’m with you PARMAJOHN. The players have millions to keep them warm when they aren’t playing. They are a bunch of wussies.
Report Post »parmajohn
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 2:37pmI tend to agree with the Governor Play the game stay home watch it on Tv Its about personal choice Being from Great Lakes area I’ve sat in many a cold stadium and In the comfort of my home The Players make enough to tough it out like he said December 26th what can you expect? Global warming??
Report Post »Idaho Kirk
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 2:34pmThis is a story?!
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 3:41pmMy wife caught a Steed Head today. Now that’s a great story
Report Post »d55may
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 3:55pmwhat’s a steed head, do you mean steel head? A FISH?
Report Post »BiteMePETA
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 2:28pmVery uninformed electorate…
Report Post »Plankchapel
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 2:25pmThe PA governor is a whiner, a liar, and a Democrat! He failed to pass the budget seven years in a row, so why is he wanting to spend his time watching football?
They elected him, now want to impeach him. PA voters, shame on you for electing him twice!
Report Post »d55may
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 3:54pmThe man is in his last days before he is replaced by our newly elected Gov. Tom Corbett who is a republican.
Report Post »Eblaze44
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 7:45pmdoes the governor pass the budget – or does the legislature and he sign it. this is just another bit of ignorance on the part of Americans and how their government works. It’s like assigning all the faults of the previous 8 years to Bush, when it is the Congress, the House in particular that is responsible for almost control of everything in the government with the check book. yet the same people, now under a different president haven’t been able to do their constitutional duty again – where is the budget that runs the government – then and only then should they begin working on laws to destroy the freedom of the US citizens.
Report Post »Proud American in Buffalo
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 9:51pmThis so-call “Smart” Govenor would be bitching if thousands of Eagles fans were stranded in the Stadium or on their way to and/or from. The City declared a State of Emergency. What part of the declaration did Gov. Rendell not understand??
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 2:23pmThat’s my silly governor. Idiot thinks he is smarter than everyone else.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 2:40pmSorry to hear about him being your governor, my states former one is now the Homeland Security – KGB inc. director; He seems to demonstrate the adage that when one thinks themselves smarter than all others, ones highest level of stupidity and ignorance are demonstrated to the world.
Report Post »cubber
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 3:03pmHe is smarter than everybody. NOT. BE PREPARED.
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 3:59pmWhy does Fox continue to have this fool on as a guest commentator? Just another lying crooked dem that is lining his own pockets.
Report Post »davecoolworld
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 4:17pmRendell needs the money generated from every game to continue running his ponzi scheme of a state.
Report Post »The Governor values the money generated from one game over the safety of the general public traveling from 3 states. That stadium was paid for with taxes from the public and they need the money! He is a fraud of a man….he’s short too!
joseph Fawcett
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 4:18pmI don’t know the governor on any thing else, so forgive me. On this I think he is right. I am not a football fan either. I didn’t hear him Upset. I think he was reasonable in the way he talked and certainly he was paying attention to the weather and the circumstances. Fault him when he is wrong just don’t jump on him because he is of the wrong political party or even a progressive over something like this. I think his points were reasonable and well made. We are a nation that are becoming woosses. Look we voted in Obama and the Democrats that have done so much damage and still it is a battle to get people to see the truth. People are soft, they want everything easy, they want an excuse not to go out and tough out a little snow. So the mayor says game canceled and that is the best excuse to stay home and pretend it is too bad outside.
If you find fault with everything a person does then you become not credable on the things that really matter. Think about it, especially the blaze!
http://www.josephfawcettart.com western artist
Report Post »Sleevetalker
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 4:44pm@J.C. McGlynn, at least he’s out in a few more days. Then, you get Corbett. BTW, Cheesesteak Eddie doesn’t understand the weather (as John Bolaris just pw3nd him), nor does he understand the mass transit schedules (Septa, Patco). While I don’t agree with Philly Mayor Michael Nutter politically, I believe he, the Eagles and the NFL as a whole made the right decision. As a die-hard Birds fan who bleeds Midnight Green, I can wait to see Vick take on Favre (or whoever) on Tuesday night. Apparently, I’m not the only level-headed fan. Rich Hoffman in today’s Daily News says the same thing. (http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/eagles/20101227_Rich_Hofmann__Eagles-Vikings_to_play_NFL_s_first_Tuesday_game_in_64_years.html?viewAll=y)
Report Post »DLCornwell612
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:18amAmen
Report Post »frjimt
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 1:39pmyeah, this from the gov. who watched rt 78, 80 & 81 close down from a major snowstorm on his watch …….
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